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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Adorable Pink Pig Cupcakes

Ok, so I'm watching my carbs and sticking to my New Year's Resolution to lose weight. This is what I am doing.

Baking is what I am not doing. But that doesn't mean I can't research and report on what others are baking. Like these completely adorable Pink Pig Cupcakes from "Down Home with the Neeley's" on the Food Netowork.

The cake is red velvet and the icing is cream cheese with a bit of red food coloring. The nose is made of half a marshmallow covered in frosting with brown M&M nostrils. The directions call for licorice eyes, but the blogger "Woof Nanny" (woofnanny.blogspot.com) just used cake decorating icing and sour watermelon candies for the ears. Blogger "Slaughterhouse Rules" (slaughterhouserules.blogspot.com) added red licorice lips.

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